foitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

foitheach m (genitive singular foithigh, nominative plural foithigh)

  1. diver; grebe

Declension

Declension of foitheach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative foitheach foithigh
vocative a fhoithigh a fhoitheacha
genitive foithigh foitheach
dative foitheach foithigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an foitheach na foithigh
genitive an fhoithigh na bhfoitheach
dative leis an bhfoitheach
don fhoitheach 		leis na foithigh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of foitheach
radical lenition eclipsis
foitheach fhoitheach bhfoitheach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “grebe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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